2026 Schedule

This is the Schedule for the 2026 Fest. We’ve left it up as a sample of the kind of events we put on.

We will be updating this as soon as we have some concrete dates for our 2027 Fest events. Please check back in the Fall.

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Friday, February 13th

8:00/ Registration / Annie Donnelly Park
All Day / Regency Marketplace
All Day / Assembly Room (Gathering Place) / Annie Donnelly Park Pavilion
All Day / Jane Austen Trivia Hunt / Downtown Mount Dora
10:00 / Welcome / Community Building Auditorium
10:30-11:30 / Speaker Claire Saim – Eliza de Feuillide- Jane Austen’s Almost French
Cousin / Community Building Auditorium
11:45-12:45 / Perfume Making / 129 W. Fifth Avenue / Downtown Mount Dora
1:00-3:00 / Jane Austen Fan Fiction Writing Workshop / Annie Donnelly Park Pavilion
1:00-3:00 / Lawn Bowing Workshop / Lawn Bowling Club
1:00-3:00 / Bonnet Making Workshop / Community Building – Green Room
1:00-3:00 / Book Discussion / Barrel of Books / Downtown Mount Dora
4:30-5:30 / Regency Fashion Show / Community Building Auditorium
5:30-6:30 / Soiree / Community Building Auditorium
6:30-7:00 / Promenade to First Baptist Church / Lobby of the Community Building Auditorium
7:00-9:30 / Dulcimer Concert / First Baptist Church / 1000 E. First Avenue

Saturday, February 14th

8:00 / Registration / Annie Donnelly Park
All Day / Regency Market Place
All Day / Assembly Room (Gathering Place) / Annie Donnelly Park Pavilion
All Day / Jane Austen Trivia Hunt / Downtown Mount Dora
9:30 / Welcome & Introduction of Scholarship Winner / Community Building Auditorium
10:00-11:00 / Speaker Claire Saim – The Visual Encyclopedia-Behind the scenes of a Creative Journey / Community Building Auditorium
11:30 / 1st Tea Sitting / Donnelly House
11:30-1:30 / Stained Glass Workshop / Community Building Greenroom
11:30-1:30 / Regency Table Games / Annie Donnelly Park Pavilion
1:00 / 2nd Tea Sitting / Donnelly House
2:00-4:00 / 2nd Stained Glass Workshop / Community Building Greenroom
2:00-4:00 / Regency Dance Class / First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall / Grandview Street
2:00-4:00 / Book Discussion / Barrel of Books / Downtown Mount Dora
2:00-4:00 / Hair Updo Workshop / Dressing Room – Green Room
2:30 / 3rd Tea Sitting / Donnelly House
4:30-5:30 / Speaker Sarah Gorman – Assemblies and Balls – More than the Dance / Community Center Auditorium
8:00 / Regency Ball / First Presbyterian Church / 222 W. 6th Avenue

Sunday, February 15th

8:00-12:00 / Regency Marketplace / Annie Donnelly Park
8:00-9:30 / Tea and Crumpets / Annie Donnelly Park Pavilion
10:00-12:00 / Book Discussion / Gathering Place / Annie Donnelly Park
10:00-12:00 / Dora Canal Cruise / Embarks Yacht Club Pier
12:00 / Regency Picnic / Gilbert Park
1:30 / Guided Tour of Lake Dora Board Walk

Schedule is subject to change.